Mentors: Anuj Daga, Dushyant Asher
-Tanuja Vartak, Neha Dalvi, Aditi Kawade, Yash Mhatre, Tanisi Kammili, Vanshita Purwar, Nishith Parulekar , Aakanksha Shah, Janhavi Naik and Prishita Kulkarni
The environment includes natural and non-natural phenomena which shape the rhythms of our lives and second, buildings are able to alter these environments and their experiences. The course aims at developing builtform that ties together materiality and immateriality and considers rituals, rhythms, chemicals, the psyche and myths as building elements along with organic forms, sounds, light, smells, tactilities, and all other conventional building materials related to earth and its geology.
This course aimed at exploring the possibilities of designing built-forms that are able to alter the environment, through altering of a specific phenomenon in the environment.
It aimed at developing architecture in a non-utilitarian and aesthetically non-determined manner by focusing on the mechanics of phenomenon.
To identify the phenomenon, the course started with watching three sensorially rich movies, which are as follows:
1- Mirror by Andrei Tarkovsky
2- Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan
3- Blade Runner(1982) by Ridley Scott
Aditi Kawade + Neha Dalvi
The intent of the project was to intertwine the phenomena of experiencing wetness and discomfort in movement to experience slowness. A simple humanized mechanism was developed which sprinkles water by applying pressure on the foot pump. The foot pump is kept hidden under layers of floating latex sheets that forms undulating, unstable ground. The apparatus gives an experience of surprise and discomfort leading to the idea of playfulness, leisure and enjoyment.
Tanisi Kammili + Yash Mhatre
The project combines two phenomena, pockets of warmth in vast coldness overlapped with glowing light. It works with differences in temperatures that guide the movement of the bodies. The pavilion is imagined as a refuge from external temperatures which operates on two mechanisms:- Evaporative cooling, which with the help of water sprinklers and moss grass produces water vapor hence cooling the surroundings. The second mechanism is that of the tungsten coil, where hot water is passed through the coil, which produces hot air. These mechanisms are tied together with a comprehensive water pipe network.
The pavilion is intended to operate as pockets of warmth in coldness or pockets of coolness in a hot and dry environment. Spaces of rest and waiting areas are designed around these pockets that are in the form of honeycomb structures.
Vanshita Purwar + Nishith Parulekar
The dust pavilion is an incorporation of the phenomenon of bursting and the anxiety or fear when standing on an edge. The pavilion becomes a space with valleys with a dust blower on top and a small path to walk on . The space below the valleys is a wood workshop which created the dust, which can then be experienced from above or below the surfaces.
Aakanksha Shah + Janhavi Naik
The curation of light and its interaction with different surfaces creates specific atmospheres-smoky/blurry foregrounds, sharply lit patches, subtle wash on a surface, etc. The mechanics of this phenomenon involved three coordinates-light source, medium of transmission and the receiving surface. When light is emitted, particles in the air become the primary surfaces to be illuminated.
The phenomenon of hiding is constructed as a response to the emotion of fear. It is established through layering, wherein materials of different opacities or translucencies along with the movement of the eye play an important role. For example, the presence of dust particles, fluids, etc on a surface form various layers which determine the visibility-whether something can or cannot be seen through it.
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